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Flashcards by mtempleton1, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by mtempleton1
over 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Timeline | 1881 - Born in Hungary 1899 - 1903 - Trained at Budapest Academy of music as pianist. 1905 - Traveled with Zoltan Kodaly collecting folk songs from Eastern Europe and North Africa. 1907 - Becomes professor of piano and Budapest Academy. 1940 - Moved to U.S 1947 - Died in New york |
| Influences on Bartok's music | Impressionism. Debussy greatly influenced Bartok. Folk Music, from which he derived new melodies, rhythmic and metric patterns and modal possibilities. "Tonal" music without major/minor tonality. |
| Important works | 6 string quartets (considered greatest since Beethoven) Bluebird Castle The Miraculous Maddarin Music for strings percussion and Celeste |
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